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Amy is a proud Co-founder of BurlingtonGreen, serving as the Executive Director where she advances the Organization’s mission through strategic development, systems-thinking and a solution-focus. Leading the team with a passionate ‘we can do this’ commitment, she is honoured to contribute to the collective efforts of the global environmental movement. Amy also serves on the Bay Area Climate Change Council and is a Climate Reality Project Leader.
She has dedicated the past 30+ years of her life to environmental education, protection and justice beginning at Trent University where she studied Environmental Science, Geography & Indigenous Studies. This blend of knowledge served her well as she went on to dedicate twenty years of her career to the management of Crawford Lake Conservation Area where she further developed her passion for caring for the earth at a deep personal and professional level.
Amy went on to champion a 7 -year grassroots campaign to rescue at-risk urban green space from development which led to success with the parkland protected for the people and wildlife of Burlington to enjoy in perpetuity.
It was during this lengthy campaign that Amy discovered a need for an established voice for the environment for all of Burlington, and thus, in 2007, Amy joined a handful of other local citizens, to form BurlingtonGreen Environmental Association.
A proud recipient of Burlington’s Best Environmental Award, Amy brings her multi-faceted experience and dedicated hope for the future to her work and all of her collaborations.
We respectfully acknowledge that our work with the community takes place on traditional Indigenous territories, of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe, Six Nations of the Grand River and the Mississauga’s of the Credit, First Nation. This territory is part of the Dish with One Spoon Treaty, an agreement between the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and allied nations to peaceably share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes.
We honour all the First Nation, Métis and Inuit people who have been living on the land since time immemorial and we recognize their leadership in caring for and sustaining Mother Earth. We respect the four directions, land, waters, plants, animals, and all the wonderful elements of creation that exist.